“Make a habit of two things: to help, or at least to do no harm.
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
-Hippocrates
Hippocrates is one of the most magnificent figures in the history of western medicine. He was born on the island of Kos and lived from approximately 460 – 375 B.C.E. Throughout his lifetime, Hippocrates is believed to have traveled throughout Greece and Asia Minor practicing and teaching young pupils at local medical institutions. His contributions to modern medicine lie within his foundational teachings and helped shape the teachings of medicine as we know it. One of the largest of Hippocrates’s discoveries was …show more content…
It has a natural basis. If we can find the cause, we can find the cure.” -Hippocrates. “With little knowledge of his life experiences, historians rely on a biography written some 500 years after his death by another Greek physician, Soranus, which was drawn from legend and a collection of medical writings commonly called the Hippocratic Corpus” (Timmons, 2016) Hippocrates is credited with being the first person to believe that illnesses and diseases were caused by natural and environmental factors, i.e. diet and living habits, and not by punishment of the Gods. He developed a theory that was used for thousands of years, called The Four Humors. “Humoral theory, also known as humorism or the theory of the four humors, was a model for the workings of the human body… The theory was central to the teachings of Hippocrates and Galen and it became the dominant theory in Europe for many centuries” (2017) These humors consisted of four substances that make up the body. Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. In turn, these were associated with the four fundamental elements of air, water earth and fire or cold, wet, dry, and hot seasons. Combining cold and dry equaling Black bile, hot and dry equaling Yellow Bile, cold and wet equaling Phlegm and hot and wet equaling blood. If any of the humors were out of balance then a person would become sick. “The treatments for disease within humoral theory were concerned with …show more content…
A collection of six ‘books’ which vary greatly in writing styles, lengths, and points of view. Within these writings is arguably the most famous portion of the Hippocratic Corpus, or Greek writings in general, the Hippocratic Oath. This oath is the most widely known medical code of ethics derived from Greek medical texts. This is a pledge designed to swear in new doctors in order to govern their conduct. Even though the oath has been edited several times to fit the modern era, the majority of the oath still derives from the original text. “Although Hippocrates probably didn't write the famous oath that bears his name, it serves as foundation for the oath medical school graduates take at the start of their careers.” (Timmons,
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
-Hippocrates
Hippocrates is one of the most magnificent figures in the history of western medicine. He was born on the island of Kos and lived from approximately 460 – 375 B.C.E. Throughout his lifetime, Hippocrates is believed to have traveled throughout Greece and Asia Minor practicing and teaching young pupils at local medical institutions. His contributions to modern medicine lie within his foundational teachings and helped shape the teachings of medicine as we know it. One of the largest of Hippocrates’s discoveries was …show more content…
It has a natural basis. If we can find the cause, we can find the cure.” -Hippocrates. “With little knowledge of his life experiences, historians rely on a biography written some 500 years after his death by another Greek physician, Soranus, which was drawn from legend and a collection of medical writings commonly called the Hippocratic Corpus” (Timmons, 2016) Hippocrates is credited with being the first person to believe that illnesses and diseases were caused by natural and environmental factors, i.e. diet and living habits, and not by punishment of the Gods. He developed a theory that was used for thousands of years, called The Four Humors. “Humoral theory, also known as humorism or the theory of the four humors, was a model for the workings of the human body… The theory was central to the teachings of Hippocrates and Galen and it became the dominant theory in Europe for many centuries” (2017) These humors consisted of four substances that make up the body. Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. In turn, these were associated with the four fundamental elements of air, water earth and fire or cold, wet, dry, and hot seasons. Combining cold and dry equaling Black bile, hot and dry equaling Yellow Bile, cold and wet equaling Phlegm and hot and wet equaling blood. If any of the humors were out of balance then a person would become sick. “The treatments for disease within humoral theory were concerned with …show more content…
A collection of six ‘books’ which vary greatly in writing styles, lengths, and points of view. Within these writings is arguably the most famous portion of the Hippocratic Corpus, or Greek writings in general, the Hippocratic Oath. This oath is the most widely known medical code of ethics derived from Greek medical texts. This is a pledge designed to swear in new doctors in order to govern their conduct. Even though the oath has been edited several times to fit the modern era, the majority of the oath still derives from the original text. “Although Hippocrates probably didn't write the famous oath that bears his name, it serves as foundation for the oath medical school graduates take at the start of their careers.” (Timmons,